Marc Robinson, editor. Collected edition of Adrienne Kennedy's wide-ranging writings, spanning six decades and including ten unpublished works: the early surrealistic one-acts A Lesson in Dead Language and A Rat's Mass; works like A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White and Film Festival: The Day Jean Seberg Died that reveal Kennedy's longstanding fascination with Hollywood and film culture; Ohio State Murders, one of several plays featuring her protagonist Suzanne Alexander and the first of her plays to be staged - in 2022 - on Broadway; Sleep Deprivation Chamber, a searing indictment of racially motivated police violence based on real-life incidents involving her son, who co-wrote the play; and her adaptations of works by Euripides, Flaubert, and John Lennon, reimagined. 995 pages.
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Publisher: Library of America
Released: 2023
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